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Contents 1 Team Freedom 2 Summary by Category 3 Day-by-day summary 3.1 Point System 3.1.1 New entry 3.1.2 Existing entry 3.1.3 Images 3.1.4 Templates 3.1.5 Redirects 3.1.6 Breaking News 3.1.7 Bonus Points 3.1.8 Notes

Team Freedom

Summary by Category

• Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) (collateral order doctrine)
• Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) - Abigail Alliance v. Von Eschenbach
• Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) - D.C. v. Heller
• Quality new entries (15 points): 2 (30 points) - Learned Hand, Joseph Pulitzer
• Quality new entries (15 points): 3 (45 points) (debtor's prison, Cohens v. Virginia, American Standard Version)

• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 24 (144 points)
• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 4 (24 points)
• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 10 (60 points)
• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 2 (12 points)
• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 1 (6 points)
• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 8 (48 points)
• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 10 (60 points)
• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 11 (66 points)

• Short new entries (4 points): 20 (80 points) Ain Karim, etc.
• Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points)
• Short new entries (4 points): 1 (4 points)
• Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points)
• Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points)
• Short new entries (4 points): 6 (24 points)
• Short new entries (4 points): 35 (140 points)

• Quality edit (6 points): 9 (54 points)
• Quality edit (6 points): 4 (24 points)
• Quality edit (6 points): 3 (18 points)
• Quality edit (6 points): 2 (12 points)
• Quality edit (6 points): 1 (6 points)
• Quality edit (6 points): 1 (6 points)
• Quality edit (6 points): 8 (48 points)
• Quality edit (6 points): 2 (12 points)

• Minor edit (2 points): 12 (24 points) (only counting fraction of wikify edits)
• Minor edit (2 points): 12 (24 points)
• Minor edit (2 points): 13 (26 points)
• Minor edit (2 points): 19 (38 points)
• Minor edit (2 points): 26 (52 points)
• Minor edit (2 points): 15 (30 points)
• Minor edit (2 points): 10 (20 points) (half-credit for new category creation)
• Minor edit (2 points): 9 (18 points)

• Redirects (1 point): 7 (7 points)
• Redirects (1 point): 2 (2 points)
• Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point)
• Redirects (1 point): 2 (2 points)
• Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point)
• Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point)
• Redirects (1 point): 5 (5 points)
• Redirects (1 point): 6 (6 points)

• Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points) - Hillary item, Kevorkian item
• Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points)
• Breaking news item (6 points): 3 (18 points)
• Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points)
• Breaking news item (6 points): 1 (6 points)
• Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points)
• Breaking news item (6 points): 5 (30 points)

• Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 10 (30 points) Judges, Christian Coalition, etc.
• Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points) - United Press International
• Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points)

• Bonus - photo to Breaking News (2 points): 1 (2 points)
• Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points)
• Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 2 (6 points)

• Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 4 (8 points)
• Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 3 (6 points)
• Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 2 (4 points)
• Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 3 (6 points)
• Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 1 (2 points)
• Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 1 (2 points)

Grand Total: 1426

My prior point total record: 1417 (from Contest3 on Team Timberwolves)

Day-by-day summary

Day One:

• Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) (collateral order doctrine)
• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 24 (144 points)
• Short new entries (4 points): 20 (80 points) Ain Karim, etc.
• Quality edit (6 points): 9 (54 points)
• Minor edit (2 points): 12 (24 points) (only counting fraction of wikify edits)
• Redirects (1 point): 7 (7 points)
• Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points) - Hillary item, Kevorkian item
• Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 10 (30 points) Judges, Christian Coalition, etc.
• Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 4 (8 points)

• • Approximate point total: 374 points

Day Two:

• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 4 (24 points)
• Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points)
• Quality edit (6 points): 4 (24 points)
• Minor edit (2 points): 12 (24 points)
• Redirects (1 point): 2 (2 points)
• Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points)
• Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 3 (6 points)

• • Approximate point total: 100 points

Subtotal: 474 points

Day Three:

• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 10 (60 points)
• Short new entries (4 points): 1 (4 points)
• Quality edit (6 points): 3 (18 points)
• Minor edit (2 points): 13 (26 points)
• Redirects (1 point): 1
• Breaking news item (6 points): 3 (18 points)
• Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 2 (4 points)

• • Approximate point total: 131 points

Subtotal: 605 points

Day Four:

• Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) - Abigail Alliance v. Von Eschenbach
• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 2 (12 points)
• Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points)
• Quality edit (6 points): 2 (12 points)
• Minor edit (2 points): 19 (38 points)
• Redirects (1 point): 2 (2 point)
• Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points)
• Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 3 (6 points)

• • Approximate point total: 105 points

Subtotal: 710 points

Day Five:

• Quality new entries (15 points): 1 (15 points) - D.C. v. Heller
• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 1 (6 points)
• Short new entries (4 points): 2 (8 points)
• Quality edit (6 points): 1 (6 points)
• Minor edit (2 points): 26 (52 points)
• Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point)
• Breaking news item (6 points): 1 (6 points)
• Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points) - United Press International
• Bonus - photo to Breaking News (2 points): 1 (2 points)
• Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 1 (2 points)

• • Approximate point total: 101 points

Subtotal: 811 points

Day Six:

• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 8 (48 points)
• Quality edit (6 points): 1 (6 points)
• Minor edit (2 points): 15 (30 points)
• Redirects (1 point): 1 (1 point)
• Breaking news item (6 points): 2 (12 points)
• Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points)
• Blocking vandal/sock/troll or reverting (2 points): 1 (2 points)

• • Approximate point total: 102 points

Subtotal: 913 points

Day Seven:

• Quality new entries (15 points): 2 (30 points) - Learned Hand, Joseph Pulitzer
• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 10 (60 points)
• Short new entries (4 points): 6 (24 points)
• Quality edit (6 points): 8 (48 points)
• Minor edit (2 points): 10 (20 points) (half-credit for new category creation)
• Redirects (1 point): 5 (5 points)
• Breaking news item (6 points): 5 (30 points)
• Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 1 (3 points)

• • Approximate point total: 220 points

Subtotal: 1133 points

Day Eight:

• Quality new entries (15 points): 3 (45 points) (debtor's prison, Cohens v. Virginia, American Standard Version)
• Ordinary new entries (6 points): 11 (66 points)
• Short new entries (4 points): 35 (140 points)
• Quality edit (6 points): 2 (12 points)
• Minor edit (2 points): 9 (18 points)
• Redirects (1 point): 6 (6 points)
• Bonus - most-wanted entry (3 points): 2 (6 points)

• • Approximate point total: 293 points

Grand Total: 1426

Point System

New entry

Quality new entry: 15 points

• Definition:A Quality New Entry includes at least two full-length paragraphs, three relevant citations, several links to other entries, some in-depth content and designations of category.
• Exception: Entertainment-related* Quality New Entries will receive only 11 points.

Ordinary New Entry: 6 points

• Definition: An Ordinary New Entry is a new entry which does not meet the qualifications for a Quality New Entry, but is of higher quality than a Short New Entry.
• Exception: Entertainment-related* Ordinary New Entries will receive only 4 points.

Short New Entry: 4 points

• Definition: A Short New Entry contains only a few sentences and may or may not have a reference.
• Exception: Entertainment-related Short New Entries will receive only 3 points.

Copied New Entry: 1 points

• Definition: A entry copied from a public domain source such as .gov site - you MUST link to other articles and the article can not be of trivial nature (i.e. non-encyclopedic, non-educational or non-historical)

Existing entry

Quality edit of an existing entry: 6 points

• Definition: A Quality Edit to an existing article includes at least two extra sentences, an additional reference, and the inclusion of an important or relevant fact.
• Exception: Entertainment-related* Quality Edits will receive only 3 points.

Minor Edit of an existing entry: 2 points

• Definition: A Minor Edit is an edit which does not meet the qualifications for a Quality Edit. These edits might include small formatting changes, spelling and grammatical changes and/or the addition of a category.

Images

Adding an image: 3pts

• Definition: If you add an image to Conservapedia

Adding an image to an article: 2pts

Templates

New Template: 3 points

• Definition: The template must have at least 6 links.

Redirects

Redirecting a Page: 1 point

• Definition: Redirecting any page - whether the page was something different or not.

Breaking News

Breaking News Item: 6 points

• Definition: A Breaking news item is placed on the Main page with wiki links to Conservapedia articles and a link to the external reference article.
• Exception: A non-administrator who submits an article to an administrator and the article is placed on the Main page will receive 4 point and the administrator will receive 2 points for adding the article and links. It is at the administrator's discretion whether to place the article on the Main page.

Bonus Points

• An additional bonus of 3 points is awarded for adding a new entry on the "most-wanted" list, Special:Wantedpages
  • Note carefully: The entry must have been on the most-wanted list before the start of the contest.
• An additional bonus of 1 point is awarded for adding a link to an entry on the Special:Deadendpages, and thereby removing that entry from that list
• An edit to an existing entry may qualify as a New Entry if the edit is substantial enough.
• Adding a unique working link within a lecture: 2 points
• Adding a relevant photo to Breaking News will receive a 2 points bonus.
• Adding two new terms to American Government Terms: 1 point
• Blocking a vandal/sock/troll or reverting their vandalism: 2 points.

Notes

An entry is "entertainment-related" if it relates to a subject not taught as core curriculum in a typical high school or college. This includes articles on sports, popular music, movies, and other entertaining but not necessarily educational subjects.

• Exception: Full credit will be given for notable or important historical subjects, and for political entries.
• Exception: Full credit will be given for reasonable subjects which are educational but not necessarily taught in a typical school.